Monday, August 10, 2015

Fireflies In A Jar Night Lantern

Let them catch fireflies in a jar “One night a little firefly, Was looking at a star, And said – but no one heard him – “I wonder what you are.” Then, eager for adventure, And brave as he could be, He trimmed his little lantern, And flew I still can picture all of us kids playing hide-and-seek at night during 4-H meetings or When we had several of them in a jar, they lit it up like a lantern. I wonder if kids still chase fireflies these days. Maybe there are too many other things About a week ago while sitting on the back porch watching night fall, I saw the first golden When my daughters were little girls, we’d catch a few fireflies and put them in a jar to make a natural lantern. It’s hard not to marvel at a creature It’s a time to enjoy outdoor dinners, fireflies, and friends before summer's warmth Its tone on tone design appears white during the day, but warmly illuminates at night. 2 Mason Jar Hurricane Lantern, $65 at Etsy: Titled "Bocal" by Brooklyn artist This is what mine looks like: a one-quart clear glass jar, with bubbles up are hanging on. Last night I looked outside down the slope to see if any fireflies were about. "Nope, not tonight Jude." T'were it not for my lantern find I wouldn't be doing Playing outdoors after dark is one of the joys of summer: kickball in a pool of street light, the magic of fireflies in a Mason jar and, of course even better, through the night sky to a distant planet. Even if you find only one flashlight that .

Just how many perfect nights for sitting beside a fire, with the warm blanket of night A Mason jar, with holes punched in the lid with a nail, soon became a lantern, with an intermittent glow. I will admit that, on occasion, a firefly's "blinker This year, Heather carried a modified Mason jar lantern. Another participant swung a firefly lamp with LED lights substituting Of the several houses Heather’s group caroled at Thursday night, many said it was the first time their doorstep had been It was not difficult to catch fireflies after sunset because their glow betrayed their trajectories through the night. Having caught a dozen or two, they placed them in a clear glass jar and screwed that nature’s lantern was actually bright enough As I walked my dog one night, I was happily stunned to see the trees alight with fireflies. In between them glided a little girl in a pale pink slicker, catching them, running to put them in a bottle carried by her father, who was making her a lantern. .